U of Richmond fast becoming elite

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

If you are saying that UR students are 48% African American, you are just lying.

- Former Spider (who doesn't quite get the rest of the hate here - who gets this exercised about US News rankings?)

Obviously you don't spend a lot of time on DCUM (which is a good thing). People here live and die by these rankings.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

It is a regional school. If you want to stay in the greater Richmond to Charlotte corridor, then it is great. But it is not a national school in reputation. Sure, that could change, but "elite" at this juncture is a reach.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

what's AA?

I suspect they are talking about African American and referring to Williamsburg and Richmond rather than the enrollment. Not sure why they think that is relevant.

Especially since Richmond is in an affluent suburb, not city center.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, you should be more focused on where you kid will feel comfortable and be successful. These schools are so expensive. If your kid gets good grades at any school, they will be successful. Don't waste your money on a "name."

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

It is a regional school. If you want to stay in the greater Richmond to Charlotte corridor, then it is great. But it is not a national school in reputation. Sure, that could change, but "elite" at this juncture is a reach.

I don't disagree that it's a regional school, but the bolded in the original quite is just silly. There were more people in my graduating class (nearly three decades ago) from NJ than Virginia. That's been true, or nearly true, since then.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

If you are saying that UR students are 48% African American, you are just lying.

- Former Spider (who doesn't quite get the rest of the hate here - who gets this exercised about US News rankings?)

Obviously you don't spend a lot of time on DCUM (which is a good thing). People here live and die by these rankings.

why are you still hanging around here lol

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Omg people really?? No

It’s a good school it’s not elite it has rich mommies and daddies footing the bill

No one on the other side of the country has heard of it

[Anonymous]

Richmond has a ton of financial resources (a $3+ billion endowment) that should allow it to continue to improve too. It is a school I'd be bullish on moving forward and those of you who went there will likely see your degrees look even better!

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

The biggest reason they aren't comparable for Virginians is W&M is in state tuition and Richmond is not. They are more comparable in that sense for an OOS applicant.

Well the biggest reason is it’s ranked 17 and WM is ranked in the 40’s.

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Anonymous wrote:Omg people really?? No

It’s a good school it’s not elite it has rich mommies and daddies footing the bill

No one on the other side of the country has heard of it

Actually 43 different states and 60ish countries represented.

It’s a SLAC. Yes inkybtuch people go Greer. That’s kind of the point of a SLAC to make connections.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

It is a regional school. If you want to stay in the greater Richmond to Charlotte corridor, then it is great. But it is not a national school in reputation. Sure, that could change, but "elite" at this juncture is a reach.

I don't disagree that it's a regional school, but the bolded in the original quite is just silly. There were more people in my graduating class (nearly three decades ago) from NJ than Virginia. That's been true, or nearly true, since then.

Only 17% came from VA so not really a regional school.

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

If you are saying that UR students are 48% African American, you are just lying.

- Former Spider (who doesn't quite get the rest of the hate here - who gets this exercised about US News rankings?)

It’s 28%

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Anonymous wrote:The University of Richmond has an excellent reputation and is especially well regarded among people native to Virginia and North Carolina. What it lacks is the same level of national awareness enjoyed by some of the other schools listed above. I suspect most of the previous one-liners come from DMV transplants who don't know any better.

I've lived in VA for 30+ years. Richmond is at the bottom of that list. If you live in-state, it's hard to imagine why anyone would choose Richmond over multiple public options.

I’ve lived in Virginia since the 1980s. It doesn’t make me any more of an expert on all things Virginia any more than it does you.

The only VA school comparable to U of R is W & M.

And yet they are not comparable

and yet they are

Only in your mind

Accep Rate: WM 37% Richmond 30%
Undergrads WM 6,000 WM 3000
Both: liberal arts colleges
AVG SAT WM 1411 Richmon 1375
Demographics WM 14% AA, Richmond 48% AA ..... oh now i know where you are coming from... Lol, VA is so wildin

If you are saying that UR students are 48% African American, you are just lying.

- Former Spider (who doesn't quite get the rest of the hate here - who gets this exercised about US News rankings?)

Obviously you don't spend a lot of time on DCUM (which is a good thing). People here live and die by these rankings.

I have heard DCUM described as a wretched hive of scum and villainy, but I thought that referred to the Political forum. I had no idea it migrated to the College forum.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL @ “fast becoming…”

It was ranked 32nd as recent as 2016. It since shot into the 20s and now the teens. It has a huge endowment. Yea, fast becoming.

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Anonymous wrote:Isn't Richmond a CTCL school?

Nope. It’s too good and too selective to qualify for inclusion. Those schools are for losers who can’t get into schools far lower ranked than 18.

More often it's kids who want to go to a LAC but need merit aid to afford it.